Test for Dyslexia: 37 Common Traits

Most dyslexics will exhibit about 10 of the following traits and behaviors. These characteristics can vary from day-to-day or minute-to-minute. The most consistent thing about dyslexics is their inconsistency.

General:

Dyslexic children and adults can become avid and enthusiastic readers when given learning tools that fit their creative learning style.

Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level.

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Most adult dyslexics will exhibit at least 10 of the following traits and behaviors. These characteristics are often inconsistent, and may vary depending upon the day or situation.
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Statistics from Rocky Point Academy
Davis Facilitators Lawrence and Stacey Smith have assembled data showing reading level gains for more than 360 clients who completed the Davis Dyslexia Correction® program at their center, Rocky Point Academy , in Calgary, Canada.

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Dyslexia does not mean you are not up to the every day world I’m 39 I’m running my own business I can’t read books or read forms but can get by putting every thing in to short sentences and it make sense but have great focus and ambition

Hi im 15 I’ve been in reading help all my life, but I never thought of my self as a dyslexic I just thought maybe im just not a good reader until I noticed more when I got to high school more problems no one else had. Me and my friend joke about being dumb and ig i joke about not caring about my grades bc it helps the fact that I can’t do better than a C but my best friend has an og and he’s really bad for him and ig I wanna help him get out of his life, anyway I was helping him with some of the math I understood and he said im retarded. Am I retarded bc I can’t do things some people can, my parents got me glasses to try to help but the words still blur together and are hard for my brain to process I can’t spell great Grammarly’s my best friend rn and it’s embarrassing I feel stupid?

Most dyslexics are very smart and a Davis Facilitator could determine very quickly whether our program will help you. If you are motivated, then the tools we provided would solve the problem about the words blurring together and help you increase your reading speed and ability to understand. But of course, as you are 15, you will need to have your parents’ support. I hope you feel comfortable telling them how you feel.

Last week I was told my son had dyspraxia, which also exhibited dyslexia, this was described as a disability that could be helped with teaching and reading, unable to tie his shoe laces and poor motor skills, I didn’t realise as a father he suffered so much as I work long hours, heart broken by the schools diagnosis and sending information to the NHS, i have tried to understand what the child really goes through, but everything I hear and compare in this disability is not what the scientists tell me, His reading I supposed to be poor, but he can read large adult words, he does have poor hand writing but this was noticed in primary school yet no teacher ever helped him.

One common word in dyslexia is poor memory, My son wrote a report for his social studies class which was so accurate his teacher didn’t believe it really happened, The average adult can remember a sequence of 7 numbers, tonight in 5 minutes i tested my sons memory and he achieved 15-18-20 and who knows how far he can go tomorrow, I have this on video, no cheating, he read the sequence so fast I struggled to keep up, I do not see dyspraxia/dyslexia as a disability, I see it as a superpower, who is to say because one person acts or thinks a different way that they are wrong, teachers, employers, governments want us to all act the same, and social attitude makes us weird if we dont get in line, but most billionaires start with ideas that there peers or friends found ridiculous, Is anybody laughing at Steve jobs or Elon Musk now?

I need help my daughter is finding it difficult to put a sentence together and can’t read well
Short term memory. Losses focus easily. I need help she is a smart child she just needs help. She’s 9 years old

The Davis Experience

The progress our son has made this year is remarkable. He is now able to complete a test within a class period. He has grown more confident as his skills improved. His time spent on homework has been cut in half and he is working independently. He is an honor roll student.

Professional services described as Davis®, including Davis Dyslexia Correction®, Davis Symbol Mastery®, Davis Orientation Counseling®, Davis® Attention Mastery, Davis® Math Mastery, and Davis® Reading Program for Young Learners may only be provided by persons who are trained and licensed as Davis Facilitators or Specialists by Davis Dyslexia Association International.